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Title: CG-ing, week of 6/27-7/1
Post by: RGMike on June 27, 2005, 01:22:04 PM

Monday: 2 nice surprises, Lobo's "I'd Love You to Want Me" and Billy Joel's "An Innocent Man".

Title: CG-ing, week of 6/27-7/1
Post by: RGMike on June 28, 2005, 12:20:27 PM

Veddy interesting: Elke Brooks' 1982 cover of "Fool If You Think It's Over", a bigger hit in the UK than the Chris Rea original. New to me.

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Post by: Gazoo on June 28, 2005, 04:32:40 PM

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Veddy interesting: Elke Brooks' 1982 cover of "Fool If You Think It's Over", a bigger hit in the UK than the Chris Rea original. New to me.

I assume Elke is a woman?  How's that version sound?  (I adore the original even though Rea himself famously despises it.)

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Post by: RGMike on June 28, 2005, 08:58:40 PM

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Veddy interesting: Elke Brooks' 1982 cover of "Fool If You Think It's Over", a bigger hit in the UK than the Chris Rea original. New to me.

I assume Elke is a woman?  How's that version sound?  (I adore the original even though Rea himself famously despises it.)

Indeed, Ms. Brooks was a cult fave in some circles here (she never charted anything, either singles or LPs). That may have been the first time I've heard her -- a less-raspy Bonnie Tyler is the best description I can come up with.  Perfectly pleasant version, the title omits Rea's parentheses around (Fool), if you care about such things.

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Post by: RGMike on June 30, 2005, 11:28:32 AM

Thursday and I'm listening to fabulousradio.com, aka 690 AM in LA (Standards), which is changing formats any day to Spanish.  Just heard Aretha's take on "God Bless the Child", presumably from her Columbia days.

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 11:20:18 AM

Yay! CGSS for Fri 7/1/05.  Greg saves me from insanity.

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Post by: princessofcairo on July 01, 2005, 11:28:28 AM

wake up, everybody!

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 11:32:53 AM

yay! Gary Byrd with Stevie Wonder -- I have this 12-inch; it was a huge hit over there when I first went to London in '83. No one in the US has ever heard of it, even tho' Gary Byrd was a NYC deejay.

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Post by: princessofcairo on July 01, 2005, 11:33:31 AM

what is this mix with grandmaster (?) and stevie? this is wackycool!

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Post by: princessofcairo on July 01, 2005, 11:35:52 AM

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yay! Gary Byrd with Stevie Wonder -- I have this 12-inch; it was a huge hit over there when I first went to London in '83. No one in the US has ever heard of it, even tho' Gary Byrd was a NYC deejay.

thanks for the info!

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 11:36:21 AM

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what is this mix with grandmaster (?) and stevie? this is wackycool!

see above.  This would be SO welcome in Dave's MLK set.

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Post by: princessofcairo on July 01, 2005, 11:37:31 AM

now who's this? allen toussaint? no, that's not right...johnny guitar watson?

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 11:38:03 AM

Johnny "Guitar" Watson! Woo Hoo!

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Post by: princessofcairo on July 01, 2005, 11:45:17 AM

is the new stevie everyone was talking about? and did i hear a shoutout to prince at the beginning of the song?

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 11:53:24 AM

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is the new stevie everyone was talking about? and did i hear a shoutout to prince at the beginning of the song?

I thought I heard that shoutout too. Yeah, new Stevie, "What the Fuss?" Maybe the 2nd time I've heard it.  Probably got more play over there than over here, I'd guess.

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 12:01:40 PM

UB40's latest is a reggaefied "Kiss and Say Goodbye"?  OK they really HAVE run that formula into the ground...

OMGWTF!  JB on da Good Foot!

"the longhaired hippies
and the Afro blacks
all get together
across the tracks
and they PAR-Tay!

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Post by: princessofcairo on July 01, 2005, 12:07:03 PM

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OMGWTF!  JB on da Good Foot!

"the longhaired hippies
and the Afro blacks
all get together
across the tracks
and they PAR-Tay!

across the tracks at the psychedlic shack!!

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 12:22:18 PM

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OMGWTF!  JB on da Good Foot!

"the longhaired hippies
and the Afro blacks
all get together
across the tracks
and they PAR-Tay!

across the tracks at the psychedlic shack!!

doin' some white lines...

"nothin' to gain
'cept killin' your brain"

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Post by: Alicat on July 01, 2005, 12:46:22 PM

Where do I sign up?

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Post by: princessofcairo on July 01, 2005, 12:49:51 PM

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Where do I sign up?

hey, ali - what's up with your job?

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Post by: princessofcairo on July 01, 2005, 01:00:32 PM

"somebody else's guy" always sets me dancing!

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 01:24:13 PM

Gaz is missing Level 42, "Lessons in Love."

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 01:39:02 PM

Labi Siffre, "Something Inside So Strong". What a great lyric.

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 01:49:39 PM

Sam & Dave, their "lost" hit, "Soul Sister Brown Sugar."

"to the bone, to the bone..."

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 01:53:42 PM

I've always found this Alicia Keys lyric puzzling...

"a real woman knows a real man always comes first..."

WTF?

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 01:55:47 PM

Greg is SLAMMIN' the politics today! "Gimme Hope Jo'Anna", Eddy Grant. Wow.

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Post by: princessofcairo on July 01, 2005, 01:59:40 PM

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I've always found this Alicia Keys lyric puzzling...

"a real woman knows a real man always comes first..."

WTF?

almost as puzzling as rhyming "first" with "worth."

Title: CG-ing, week of 6/27-7/1
Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 02:04:36 PM

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I've always found this Alicia Keys lyric puzzling...

"a real woman knows a real man always comes first..."

WTF?

almost as puzzling as rhyming "first" with "worth."

a real man alwayth comth firth!

Title: CG-ing, week of 6/27-7/1
Post by: princessofcairo on July 01, 2005, 02:14:20 PM

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I've always found this Alicia Keys lyric puzzling...

"a real woman knows a real man always comes first..."

WTF?

almost as puzzling as rhyming "first" with "worth."

a real man alwayth comth firth!

and a real man just can't deny a woman's girth.

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 02:29:42 PM

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I've always found this Alicia Keys lyric puzzling...

"a real woman knows a real man always comes first..."

WTF?

almost as puzzling as rhyming "first" with "worth."

a real man alwayth comth firth!

and a real man just can't deny a woman's girth.

LOL!  So Star Jones' hubby is a REAL real man.

speaking of which, did you get the Terry McMillan divorce story in Europe?

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Post by: princessofcairo on July 01, 2005, 02:54:47 PM

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LOL!  So Star Jones' hubby is a REAL real man.

speaking of which, did you get the Terry McMillan divorce story in Europe?

someone on the plane yesterday shared an international herald tribune with me. i read all about mcmillan and wife. "i can't believe this could happen to me after i wrote a novel!" maybe she'll write a sequel. how stella got her pride back.

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 03:08:13 PM

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i read all about mcmillan and wife.

ROTFLSHIPMP!  You so bad.

Maybe Terri and Star can swap stories. Or become Scientologists...

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 03:08:58 PM

switched over to www.wlng.com afterr CGSS and they played "Tarzan Boy", which made my day.

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Post by: Gaz at da Voice on July 01, 2005, 05:07:40 PM

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LOL!  So Star Jones' hubby is a REAL real man.

speaking of which, did you get the Terry McMillan divorce story in Europe?

someone on the plane yesterday shared an international herald tribune with me. i read all about mcmillan and wife. "i can't believe this could happen to me after i wrote a novel!" maybe she'll write a sequel. how stella got her pride back.

Nicely played, Princess.  But in this case, I kinda doubt that pride is a deeper love.

As for Alicia's line, I can't speak for her, but I know that I always like to come first.  Maybe it's an ego problem ...

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Post by: princessofcairo on July 01, 2005, 05:15:10 PM

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Nicely played, Princess.  But in this case, I kinda doubt that pride is a deeper love.

As for Alicia's line, I can't speak for her, but I know that I always like to come first.  Maybe it's an ego problem ...

speaking of pride and a deeper love, i watched all (both?) episodes of the bobby (and whitney) show last night. i don't think i've ever been so confused and frightened. they're going to be pretty embarassed when they wake up from their drug-induced ghettofab nightmare of a lifestyle. won't they? or will they just wonder where their teeth went?

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Post by: RGMike on July 01, 2005, 09:16:56 PM

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Maybe it's an ego problem ...

"Problem is, Ive been fooled before
Those fair-weather friends
Are faint-hearted lovers...
And every time it happens
It just convinces me more...
When you're in love with Terry McMillan
It's (not) hard (enough)..."

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Post by: Gazoo on July 01, 2005, 10:08:05 PM

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Maybe it's an ego problem ...

"Problem is, Ive been fooled before
Those fair-weather friends
Are faint-hearted lovers...
And every time it happens
It just convinces me more...
When you're in love with Terry McMillan
It's (not) hard (enough)..."

We were like Stockton to Malone on that one.  Nicely done.

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Post by: Gazoo on July 01, 2005, 10:10:48 PM

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i watched all (both?) episodes of the bobby (and whitney) show last night.

Can we get a play-by-play on that?  I haven't read any reviews of it yet.  Might have to see what Television Without Pity or Diet Coke Of Snark have to say about it.

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Post by: Alicat on July 01, 2005, 10:55:38 PM

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Where do I sign up?

hey, ali - what's up with your job?

Thanks for wondering.  Working, doing time. It's OK but not exactly dreamy. Still too busy (and exposed) to log in regularly and usually the morning zips by. I look at the time and it's already 10:30 or better. I'll get by but want to look for something else while I work.

Title: CG-ing, week of 6/27-7/1
Post by: RGMike on July 02, 2005, 05:42:27 PM

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i watched all (both?) episodes of the bobby (and whitney) show last night.

Can we get a play-by-play on that?  I haven't read any reviews of it yet.  Might have to see what Television Without Pity or Diet Coke Of Snark have to say about it.

poc's summary is right on. A major trainwreck.

I understand "ghettofab" as an aspiration -- if one is actually from the 'hood. But Ms Houston grew up in upper-middle-class surroundings and went on to be a millionaire many times over.  If one didn't know this, and tuned in to the show, they'd assume she was some crackhead from Bed-Stuy who got lucky and married money.

What PR person can think this show was a good idea? You have to (at very least) be deeply cynical about what the public wants, to allow your clients to appear on TV as not merely stupid (Bobby makes Jessica Simpson look like Einstein) but impaired.

Of course, if Bobby's new album takes off and sells millions, said PR person will be hailed as a genius...

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Post by: princessofcairo on July 05, 2005, 12:22:26 PM

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I understand "ghettofab" as an aspiration -- if one is actually from the 'hood. But Ms Houston grew up in upper-middle-class surroundings and went on to be a millionaire many times over.  If one didn't know this, and tuned in to the show, they'd assume she was some crackhead from Bed-Stuy who got lucky and married money.

What PR person can think this show was a good idea? You have to (at very least) be deeply cynical about what the public wants, to allow your clients to appear on TV as not merely stupid (Bobby makes Jessica Simpson look like Einstein) but impaired.

wellllllllll, whitney IS from jersey. i said "remember that."

show (high)lights:
- whitney screaming, "hell to the naw!" whenever she doesn't want to do something
- bobby taking pictures with any willing person with a camera who has already been turned down by whitney, who is still screaming, "hell to the naw!"
- bobby explaining at a private party at a chinese restaurant how he finally found his manhood because he didn't have to go to prison for beating his wife; whitney smiles on, nodding her approval ed. note: "hell to the naw!"
- whitney singing along to a muzak version of "sir duke" in a hotel lobby; bobby commences humpin' around as soon as he discovers his wife is in a good mood (recurring theme)
- the children. good lord, the children...

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Post by: RGMike on July 05, 2005, 12:46:08 PM

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the children. good lord, the children...

methinks Bobbi Kristina is gonna grow up to look like the pre-diet Jennifer Holliday...

"And I am telling yooooooooo.... Hell to the naw!"

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Post by: princessofcairo on July 05, 2005, 12:52:34 PM

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methinks Bobbi Kristina is gonna grow up to look like the pre-diet Jennifer Holliday...

"And I am telling yooooooooo.... Hell to the naw!"

spot on.